Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Mar 15, 2018, 11:17 AM Mar 2018

Steve Bannon Says He Doesn't Deny Anything That Michael Wolff Wrote About Trump In "Fire And Fury"

Source: Buzzfeed News




Bannon made the comments to a right-wing French media outlet.

Posted on March 15, 2018, at 10:00 a.m.

Tasneem Nashrulla
BuzzFeed News Reporter

StephaneJourdain
Responsable de BuzzFeed News, France

Steve Bannon, the former White House strategist and ex-chairman of the far-right-leaning Breitbart News, did not deny anything that was written in the book, "Fire and Fury"— the controversial Donald Trump expose by Michael Wolff — in an interview with French media.

Bannon made the comments in an interview published Wednesday in the right-wing French media outlet, Valeurs Actuelles.

Bannon told Valeurs Actuelles that the book was authorized by the White House and that Hope Hicks, the then-White House communications director, had permitted Wolff to have "total access and to speak to everyone."

"The book has been authorized then I don't deny anything from what is inside," Bannon said, adding that "not even one person" inside the White house had denied anything that was in the book. "The book is what it is. The reader can judge what he reads," Bannon said.

Read more: https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/steve-bannon-fire-and-fury?utm_term=.ubdYjjVdp#.xpZj77d8B

7 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Steve Bannon Says He Doesn't Deny Anything That Michael Wolff Wrote About Trump In "Fire And Fury" (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2018 OP
I would not be surprised to learn that he is working behind the scenes with Breitbart and cstanleytech Mar 2018 #1
Supposedly he wants to run for President in 2020 FakeNoose Mar 2018 #6
Please understand that Bannons declaration means nothing, he says it because he Ninga Mar 2018 #2
Or just to keep his name in the news question everything Mar 2018 #3
For insight into the mind of one trump voter and fox viewer ( my mom) rainin Mar 2018 #4
I have posted this before BumRushDaShow Mar 2018 #5
I read it too and I got the feeling that FakeNoose Mar 2018 #7

cstanleytech

(26,212 posts)
1. I would not be surprised to learn that he is working behind the scenes with Breitbart and
Thu Mar 15, 2018, 11:20 AM
Mar 2018

they plan to use him as an attack dog.

FakeNoose

(32,535 posts)
6. Supposedly he wants to run for President in 2020
Thu Mar 15, 2018, 07:50 PM
Mar 2018

...but that was before the Mercers ditched him, so his plans may have changed.

Having read Fire and Fury, I can see why Bannon is OK with it. In that book he's portrayed as one of the few people who were sane and articulate in Cheeto's White House. However Bannon is also a conniving, snarky, double-dealing bastard, so don't get the idea that I admire him.

If by some miracle Trump is not impeached in the next year, I'd say there's a good possibility that Bannon would come back to the White House and work for him again. According to Michael Wolff they had a pretty good working relationship, however Bannon could not abide Jarvanka or the other Trump kiddies. But you know, no sense in making any long-term plans.

Ninga

(8,272 posts)
2. Please understand that Bannons declaration means nothing, he says it because he
Thu Mar 15, 2018, 11:27 AM
Mar 2018

can....and he can because such staments have become normalized.

So what.

rainin

(3,010 posts)
4. For insight into the mind of one trump voter and fox viewer ( my mom)
Thu Mar 15, 2018, 11:55 AM
Mar 2018

any republican who speaks against trump is lying or it's fake news. Yes, even if she believed every word out of Bannon 's mouth for years.

She even voted for McCain but sees him as a traitor.

No trump supporter should take comfort in this. She's 83 and suffering from dementia.

BumRushDaShow

(128,283 posts)
5. I have posted this before
Thu Mar 15, 2018, 12:00 PM
Mar 2018

but that book was predominately done from Bannon's perspective, which is why it tip-toed around criticizing him directly.

FakeNoose

(32,535 posts)
7. I read it too and I got the feeling that
Thu Mar 15, 2018, 08:02 PM
Mar 2018

...Bannon spent more time talking to Michael Wolff than anybody else did.

He was one of the few sane, articulate people in the White House at the time, and he understood the value of chatting up (BS-ing) the man who was writing a book about the Trump White House. Wolff got almost no face-time with Trump, or Kelly or a lot of other people who were neither available nor interested. In addition there was such a high personnel turnover that Wolff didn't get much chance to interview them before they were gone.

As a result Wolff was perhaps kinder to Bannon than anybody else in his book.

Latest Discussions»Latest Breaking News»Steve Bannon Says He Does...